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June 1-21, 2017
I had a wonderful week in Chicago - I got to see plays by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shattered Globe, the Neo-Futurists, and Steppenwolf - all in about 27 hours. The Shattered Globe play was For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday by Sarah Ruhl, starring her mother, Kathleen Ruhl - hence the article from the Lilly Awards that I have included below.
The next issue will include events through June 28. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me before Tuesday at midnight. Any questions, comments or feedback? Email me at pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from Howlround
Lillys and Mothers
by Sarah Ruhl
From the article:
This year was an extraordinary year in terms of the work of women on New York’s stages, and so worth celebrating. The Lilly Awards are my favorite way of celebrating. So many remarkable plays in which incredible women playwrights collaborated with masterful women directors. I had prepared a speech that simmered with a certain amount of rage over a gap I (and many other friends and colleagues) noticed this year between the women’s work on our stages and the somewhat muted critical response—which leads to the feeling that women are still hiding in plain sight. Of course hiding in plain sight is itself a privilege; so many of our most excellent women in the theatre don’t feel seen at all. And I think these feelings of quiet rage in our community have been exacerbated by our current political situation, by watching a man interrupt a woman on stage thousands of times and then lie his thuggish way into the Oval Office. So there’s that.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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Eggtooth Productions and Jack Golden present
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK
June 2 & 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM
at the Shea Theatre 71 Ave. A, Turners Falls, MA.
Tickets are $15 and available online and at the door. A portion of the proceeds to benefit the Franklin County Community Meals Program.
Jack Golden has spent almost a half a century traveling the country as a performance artist. Early on, he was bestowed his clown shoes by the renowned Pickle Family Circus (where Bill Irwin got his start), and honed his expressive body with Tony Montanaro, all the while telling stories to inspire and tickle.
Jack has evolved his own alchemy of clowning, story, and movement that belongs to him alone. YOU DON’T KNOW JACK shares the story of his life through his life’s work in ways that will bring laughter, tears, and reflection.
You’ll find yourself in the company of a guide who has it all: a red nose, an open heart, and a finely tuned compass for comedy. And you will come to know Jack.
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GARBAGE IS MY BAG,
a children’s show
by Jack Golden
June 4, 2017
at the Shea Theatre
71 Avenue A
Turners Falls, MA
at 2 PM. Adults $10
and all kids are free!
Meet America’s favorite trashologist, Dr. T In a rare local appearance!
With a Ph.D. in Garbology, a zany and irresistible personality and a marvelous Trash-to-Treasure recycling machine, Jack Golden, as Dr. T, juggles and jokes his way through a world of waste. Children, accompanied by an adult, get in FREE thanks to Franklin County Solid Waste District.
In Garbage Is My Bag, an award winning family performance, Jack Golden is the comedic “expert” Dr. T, who delves into a mountain of trash- and an even bigger bag of vaudeville and circus tricks- to explore the serious issues of solid waste.
Dr. T delights his audiences while sharing his knowledge that rubbish is a resource that is just too good to throw away.
Since 1989 Garbage Is My Bag has be helping hundreds of thousands of people around the country explore the serious issues of our wasteful habits in the hilarious context of a professionally staged variety show.
Jack Golden, in the role of Dr. T uses the power of live performance to engage audiences with facts about the solid waste problem and a positive model on how to solve them. The goal of the program is to strengthen new attitudes towards our common resources.
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